flyingirish04 wrote:Chuck, I shot my buddies today actually. Love the feel of the gun, but I agree on trigger. Untenable and really left me heartbroken. Not the worst I have felt, but dampened my fervor.

flyingirish04 wrote:Chuck, I shot my buddies today actually. Love the feel of the gun, but I agree on trigger. Untenable and really left me heartbroken. Not the worst I have felt, but dampened my fervor.

Once I started shooting this gun I just couldn't stop! I did accuracy testing with different rounds, also... IWI claims that the Tavor is Over-the-Beach capable and I wanted to see if that was true. Did it function properly after being completely submerged or did it result in a kaboom/trip to the ER?

I will say that this gun's ergonomics are incredible and on top of that, if you have a bunch-o-5.56 rounds to play with... this has got to be the most fun I have had shooting in a loooong time.

The only downside is the trigger. While it doesn't have the typical bullpup mushiness; it actually has a very clean break, it's fracking HEAVY. I mean heavy to the point where, during the accuracy testing, I literally had to stop to see if the safety was on. It did lighten up about four pounds (yes, 4lbs!) after several hundred rounds, but it's still incredibly distracting & tiring if you're shooting a lot of rounds. I am now going in search for a gunsmith who is competent/willing to work on this newly released gun and I will keep you all posted if anything changes.

flyingirish04 wrote:Chuck, I shot my buddies today actually. Love the feel of the gun, but I agree on trigger. Untenable and really left me heartbroken. Not the worst I have felt, but dampened my fervor.

There's hope!

1) The trigger weight went from 14lbs to 10lbs after 600 or so rounds

2) There's a second spring used to make the trigger reset more positive that can be removed. When I did that, the pull went down to 7.5lbs. It was a very noticeable change.

3) Next up will be some polishing, and I figure that should be good for shaving off some additional weight. I'll do that after my next range outing which will be next Monday.

Here is the trigger pack with the reset spring (left) and without (right). It's just held in with a roll pin.